I like repairing and restoring old vostoks and they're so cool. They basically make a fool of western watches by making a similarly capable diving watch that use's water pressure as an advantage rather than something to fight against.
The designs are also genuinely unique and interesting to look at. When people say that in communism you don't have any personality or self expression, I just think about the 100's of design variations built around the same 3-5 movements.
True Soviet models have a "CCCP" in small print by the 6 o'clock marker, as well as printed on the movement. The automatics have it printed on the winding bridge which is usually easy to spot in pictures. Post soviet movements will say "RUS".
I forget where the manual wind movements have it at the moment. I used to know all the movement numbers by heart.
Soviet watches were solid for the most part. Big tolerances so it could be oiled and repaired easily. Not fancy but reliable and durable.
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I like repairing and restoring old vostoks and they're so cool. They basically make a fool of western watches by making a similarly capable diving watch that use's water pressure as an advantage rather than something to fight against.
The designs are also genuinely unique and interesting to look at. When people say that in communism you don't have any personality or self expression, I just think about the 100's of design variations built around the same 3-5 movements.
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Eat your heart out
True Soviet models have a "CCCP" in small print by the 6 o'clock marker, as well as printed on the movement. The automatics have it printed on the winding bridge which is usually easy to spot in pictures. Post soviet movements will say "RUS".
I forget where the manual wind movements have it at the moment. I used to know all the movement numbers by heart.